New York Times Crossword Answers September 26, 2023
Author: Shannon Rapp and Rebecca Goldstein
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| City that’s home to the University of Ghana | ACCRA |
| Hack (off) | CHOP |
| “You sure about that?” | ISIT |
| Kind of green energy | SOLAR |
| Bring on board | HIRE |
| Urban legend, e.g. | TALE |
| *Program that detects junk emails | SPAMFILTER |
| Penne ___ vodka | ALLA |
| Worker who might be paid by the day | TEMP |
| “Excusez-___!” | MOI |
| Spills the beans | BLABS |
| *Slang term for convoluted and unstructured computer programming | SPAGHETTICODE |
| Piglet’s pal | ROO |
| Groundbreaker? | HOE |
| Closest bud, in brief | BFF |
| Camera output | PHOTO |
| Aid in buying a car, perhaps | LOAN |
| Feel bad | AIL |
| Cheer squad syllable | RAH |
| Dietary network in an ecosystem … or a punny hint to the answers to the starred clues | FOODWEB |
| Genetic messenger | RNA |
| Podcast interruptions | ADS |
| Street crossers: Abbr. | AVES |
| Robert Devereux, Earl of ___ (favorite of Elizabeth I) | ESSEX |
| Mercator projection, e.g. | MAP |
| ___ Guevara (revolutionary) | CHE |
| Major component of a ketogenic diet | FAT |
| *Online icon comprised of three parallel horizontal lines, familiarly | HAMBURGERMENU |
| Preserves, as ham | CURES |
| Director DuVernay | AVA |
| Hang in the balance | PEND |
| First-year law student, for short | ONEL |
| *Download that may improve streaming lags | JAVAUPDATE |
| Tiptop | ACME |
| Got better with time, say | AGED |
| Luxury pajama fabric | SATIN |
| You, to Shakespeare | THEE |
| Beauty mark | MOLE |
| Heroes | IDOLS |
Down
| Helper: Abbr. | ASST |
| Deals (with) | COPES |
| Shop class tool | CLAMP |
| Fortification in “The Star-Spangled Banner” | RAMPART |
| Sound at a pound | ARF |
| “Nomadland” director Zhao | CHLOE |
| Bandleader’s direction | HITIT |
| You want to make something of it? | ORE |
| The “p” of r.p.m. | PER |
| Novelist Calvino | ITALO |
| Places to see the romaines of the day? | SALADBARS |
| “Don’t worry about me” | ILLBEFINE |
| Steeped drinks | TEAS |
| “if u ask me” | IMHO |
| Pre-year 1, in brief | BCE |
| Clumsy error | GOOF |
| Unfreezes | THAWS |
| Skye of “Say Anything …” | IONE |
| Plant also known as linseed | FLAX |
| Baby buggy, to Brits | PRAM |
| Suspected | HADAHUNCH |
| “C’mon, I’ve heard enough” | OHSPAREME |
| Taylor Swift album with a romantic theme | LOVER |
| Many a Pablo Neruda work | ODE |
| Home of the palace Hanaiakamalama | OAHU |
| Gymnastics event requiring balance | BEAM |
| Parent in a blended family | STEPDAD |
| Network with an eye logo | CBS |
| Mrs., in Munich | FRAU |
| All-out brawl | MELEE |
| Courtroom banger | GAVEL |
| Dodge | EVADE |
| “Cool beans!” | NEATO |
| Up to | UNTIL |
| Word with sugar or sport | COAT |
| Cub Scout units | DENS |
| Toast topping | JAM |
| In the past | AGO |
| Letter before omega | PSI |
